With the growth of older minorities in the United States, more attention is needed on what the experience of dying means in this population. Previous research has overlooked older Asians and Pacific Islanders. This study examined death attitudes among 69 diverse nursing home residents in Hawai'i. Results from correlational and regression analyses showed religiosity and spirituality had significantly distinct impacts on death attitudes and psychosocial health. Ethnicity and religious/spiritual affiliation had significant effects on study outcomes, even between minority subgroups. These findings highlight the importance of exploring the differential impact of religious/spiritual and cultural factors on death attitudes among older minorities.Systemic sclerosis (SSc) induces skin thickening and numerous symptoms involving the entire body. Collagen deposition, immune disorder, and vascular abnormalities is currently estimated to be three major causal factors involved in the respective conditions. Vascular abnormalities usually develop in the initial phase of this disease, and may exist in all phases; therefore, they markedly influence the patient's quality of life. This article reviews recent findings about 'narrow-sense' vascular lesions (including Raynaud's phenomenon, skin ulcers, nailfold bleedings, pitting scars, telangiectasia, and pulmonary hypertension) and 'broad-sense' vascular lesions (such as calcinosis or erectile dysfunction). https://www.selleckchem.com/products/obeticholic-acid.html Affected blood vessels can be classified into arteriole/small artery and capillary blood vessels. Furthermore, pathological changes include the proliferation of the vascular endothelial or smooth muscle cells, lumen stenosis by collagen accumulation of the vascular intima, vasodilation or fragility, and apoptosis. There may be interaction between vascular lesions, autoimmune disorder, and collagen deposition. Thus, various symptoms of this disease may be controlled through the treatment of vascular lesions.The study assessed the experiences and reactions of adolescent offspring of alcohol-dependent fathers (N?=?15) to their fathers' heavy drinking. Data were analyzed qualitatively, identifying themes and sub-themes. Respondent accounts elaborated these themes with reference to explanations, experiences, reactions to their fathers' drinking. Gender differences were notable girls were more likely to report abuse, shouldering of family responsibilities, physiological and other reactions, ambivalent feelings toward father, sadness and worthlessness. Boys were more likely to react with anger and/or aggression. The findings should guide the development of gender-sensitive family-based interventions for the adolescents, with special attention to psychological, social and legal dimensions.The biodegradation of benzene series compounds is a difficult problem in environment pollution control, which is attributed to the deficiency of high efficiency bacteria and suitable embedding materials. In this study, the immobilized cells Rhodococcussp. strain PB-1 was used to synchronously biodegrade phenol and aniline by entrapped in sodium alginate (SA)-bamboo charcoal (BC)-chitosan acetate (CA) beads. The free cells of the strain PB-1 could completely degrade 1500?mg/L phenol or 800?mg/L aniline within 48?h, while the degradation rate of 2000?mg/L phenol and 1500?mg/L aniline was 35.76% and 68.06% at 72?h, respectively. The ortho-cleavage pathway was used to degrade phenol and aniline by strain PB-1. However, after entrapped with SA-BC-CA beads,the removal rate of 2000?mg/L phenol was 100% at 108?h, 1500?mg/L aniline was 100% at 62?h and 2000-3000?mg/L total toxic compounds was over 95% at 120?h. These beads could be used four times and were more effective than SA or SA-BC beads. The SA-BC-CA beads could remarkably improve the stability and degradation efficiency of strain PB-1, and thus provide a potential application in the removal of phenol and aniline in wastewater.Vector-borne infectious diseases may involve both horizontal transmission between hosts and transmission from infected vectors to susceptible hosts. In this paper, we incorporate these two transmission modes into a vector-borne disease model that includes general nonlinear incidence rates and the age of infection for both hosts and vectors. We show the existence, uniqueness, nonnegativity, and boundedness of solutions for the model. We study the existence and local stability of steady states, which is shown to be determined by the basic reproduction number. By showing the existence of a global compact attractor and uniform persistence of the system, we establish the threshold dynamics using the Fluctuation Lemma and the approach of Lyapunov functionals. When the basic reproduction number is less than one, the disease-free steady state is globally asymptotically stable and otherwise the disease will be established when there is initial infection force for the hosts. We also study a model with the standard incidence rate and discuss the effect of different incidence rates on the disease dynamics.The mixed-metal oxide Ni/Fe3O4/TiO2 with two metal-oxide interfaces to catalyze sequential chemical reactions was first applied in the decomposition of phosphine gas for yellow phosphorus (P4) production. The catalyst was prepared with tunable Ni-Fe3O4 and Ni-TiO2 interactions via annealing and subsequent reduction. Ni/Fe3O4/TiO2 exhibited significantly effective activity and good stability in the PH3 decomposition, which were achieved by modulating the metal-support interaction. The characterizations by scanning electron microscopy(SEM), X-ray diffraction analysis(XRD), BET surface area measurement and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) were carried out. The enhancements of the Ni-Fe3O4 and Ni-TiO2 dual interactions by annealing and reduction were verified and the mechanism of PH3 decomposition over the modulated Ni/Fe3O4/TiO2 catalyst was investigated. NiOOH as an active catalytic intermediate species is produced by the synergistic catalytical dual interfaces. The catalytic reaction pathways of PH3 decomposition by the dual interfaces were firstly revealed. The results provide underlying insights in the way to promote the catalytic performance for synergistic catalysis in PH3 decomposition.